John S. R. Shad

John S. R. Shad
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
June 24, 1987  February 23, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byPaul Bremer
Succeeded byC. Howard Wilkins Jr.
22nd Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
In office
May 6, 1981  June 18, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byHarold M. Williams
Succeeded byDavid Sturtevant Ruder
Personal details
Born
John Sigsbee Rees Shad

(1923-06-27)June 27, 1923
DiedJuly 7, 1994(1994-07-07) (aged 71)
Political partyRepublican
SpousePatricia Shad
Children2
Education

John Sigsbee Rees Shad (June 27, 1923 July 7, 1994), served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1981 and 1987. He also served as the ambassador to the Netherlands. He earned degrees from the University of Southern California, the Harvard Business School and the New York University Law School.

He said when he was the head of the SEC that he had wanted to spend a third of his life learning, a third earning, and a third serving.

He had two children, Leslie Shad and Rees Shad, and was married to Patricia Shad.